At this conference, we will assess whether high frequency trading (HFT) has been good or bad for the securities markets and investors.

Regulatory and litigation reforms are necessary to create a more hospitable environment for financial transactions in the United States.

On April 5, 2012, the President signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which passed by a large bipartisan majority in the Congress. The Act is designed to facilitate the equity funding of new companies. Recent research has documented that from 1980 through the 2008-09 recession new companies have been main drivers of job creation in the United States. 

Urgent action by theSecurities and Exchange Commission is necessary if the United States is to retain its preeminence in the financial world.

Government housing policies and the toxic mortgages they spawned were the sine qua non of the financial crisis.

The current wave of mergers among securities exchanges has knock-on implications for the structure of securities clearing and settlement in Europe.

The introduction of the single currency is creating pressure for common standards of financial regulation, especially with regard to securities markets.

The explosive growth of Electronic Communications Networks (ECNs)--computerized venues for trading securities--has forced the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ to alter their visions of the future and has raised fundamental questions about how securities markets should be structured and regulated. This conference will review the changes that seem...